by Eric C. Martienssen | Jan 6, 2023 | Current Shabbat-Reading
SHABBAT VAYECHI: 47:28 – 50:26 || 1 Kings 2:1-12 Tora study by Rav Gedalia Meyer for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «There is nothing so sublime or beautiful as a heartfelt blessing bestowed upon a loved one. But what is a blessing? Is it a feel good...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Dec 20, 2018 | Current Shabbat-Reading
Genesis 47:28 – 50:26 || 1 Kings 2:1-12 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «Shhhh! The Torah reading of Vayechi teaches us the importance of keeping silent. Not all information needs to be shared. Silence can be the...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Jan 12, 2017 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Genesis 47:28 – 50:26 || 1 Kings 2:1-12 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman for The Temple Institute, Jerusalem, Israel: «Sometimes G-d speaks to us in the thunder, sometimes in a ‘still small voice.’ Sometimes G-d blesses us with the answer we are...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Dec 31, 2014 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Genesis 47:28 – 50:26; 1 Kings 2:1-12 Commentary by Rabbi Chaim Richman, The Temple Institute, Jerusalem: “Yaakov avinu promises his children a revelation of the end of days, and then proceeds to bless each of them. Was there a prophecy or not? It...
by Eric C. Martienssen | Dec 12, 2013 | Current Shabbat-Reading, Current Themes
Genesis 47:28 till 50:26; 1 Kings 2:1-12 Commentary: Prophecy is only given to those with “broken heart”. And Jacob had all those years in Egypt lived “with a broken heart.” Thus says Rabbi Richman in the current commentary, watch below. In the...